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The Japanese method of capturing whales was to entangle them in nets. 

 A great many boatloads of men would drive the whale toward the nets 

 by throwing bricks and stones at it. When once entangled the infu- 

 riated animal could be easily killed. In 1884 the Ukitsu Whaling Com- 

 pany employed over 100,000 whalemen. One of the most successful of 

 the Japanese in this pursuit was Masutomi Matazaemon, who accumu- 

 lated a large fortune. The Japanese have been very slow to adopt our 

 Western methods. 



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A typical "blubber hunter" cruising for "right" whales in the Arctic. 



